Development and Growth of British Photographic Manufacturing and Retailing, 1839-1914
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- Author(s) Pritchard, Michael
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 2010
- Pages
- Publisher De Montfort University
- Place Published Leicester
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- Name De Montfort University Library
- City Leicester
- County Leicestershire
- Country England
- Postcode LE1 9BH
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'Presents a new perspective on British photography through an examination of the manufacturing and retailing of photographic equipment and sensitised materials, 1839-1914. Draws heavily on the experience of Kodak as manufacturer and retailer. Chapters include: 'The early period'; 'Decades of expansion'; 'Consolidation of the industry'; 'Retailing to a mass market'. Other businesses briefly referred to include: W Watson & Sons; J Lancaster & Son; Thornton Pickard Manufacturing Co